Suggestions for a Southern USA Road Trip (Deep South)

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Many people ask for suggestions on what to include in a southern USA road trip. Travel in the summer months will be hot and humid. Travel along the coast from August-November may encounter hurricanes. There is a risk of snow in the higher elevations of the mountains in the winter months.

Here are my suggestions-

Georgia-

Atlanta- ML King historic site, GA Aquarium, World of Coke, Centennial Olympic Park, CNN, Piedmont Park, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta Botanical Garden and Stone Mountain.

Warm Springs- FDR's Little White House.

Savannah- Riverfront, historic squares and cemeteries, old homes, Tybee Island.

Golden Isles- Sea Island, St. Simons, Jekyll Island- beach, history, golf.

Cumberland Island- National seashore, secluded, wild horses.

Okefenokee Swamp

Civil War sites- Chicamauga, Kennesaw Mountain, Andersonville.

Mountain areas- Blue Ridge, Brasstown Bald, Dillard, Clayton, and Helen.

South Carolina-

Charleston- Market Square, historic homes and plantations, museums, Ft. Sumter.

Beaches- Pawley's Island, Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head and many others.

North Carolina-

Asheville- Biltmore House

Beaches- Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, and Carolina Beach- also Outer Banks.

Tennessee-

Nashville- Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame, Music Row, and The Hermitage.

Memphis- Beale Street, jazz, Graceland, Civil Rights museum and Mississippi River.

Civil War sites- Shiloh and many others near Nashville.

Alabama-

Birmingham- Civil Rights

Montgomery- Civil Rights

Mobile- Bellingrath Gardens, and USS Alabama

Beaches- Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.

Mississippi-

Clarksdale- blues music

Vicksburg- Civil war, Mississippi river, and museums.

Natchez- historic plantations

Beaches- Gulfport and Biloxi.

Louisiana-

New Orleans- jazz, The French Quarter, and swamp tours.

What are some of your favorite places to visit in the south? Any other suggestions to add to a list for those visiting the south?

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Great idea, nice post. How about the Natchez Trace?

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And to add-

Tennessee-

Chattanooga- Riverfront, Tennessee Aquarium, Civil War, Lookout Mountain, and Ruby Falls.

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Louisiana: Old Spanish Trail, Great River Road, Creole Nature Trail,

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN and NC)

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kren250,

Thanks!! How could I forget GSMNP? Not enough coffee when I was putting that together yesterday morning.

It is one of our favorite national parks here in the south.

We love the Cades Cove Loop Rd. and Newfoundland Gap areas. Might also need to include Cherokee in NC because of Native American heritage and it is one of the gateways to the GSMNP in NC.

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Great list, Peach

For outdoor enthusiasts:

South Cumberland Parks (TN): http://www.tn.gov/environment/parks/SouthCumberland/

Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (TN and KY)

For anyone:

GA: Plains and Jimmy Carter sites (including museum, boyhood farm, and Pres. Carter's Sunday School class)

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Thanks vcv!!

And to add in Atlanta- The Carter Presidential Library.

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Great list, PeachBelle,

A few more suggestions:

Alabama

Beaches - Dauphin Island, Fort Gaines.

Huntsville - US Space & Rocket Center

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Great topic, of course, PeachBelle!

I've had a quick think, and cannot think of anywhere we've really enjoyed not listed anywhere. I noticed the absence of the Smokies, but kren filled in that gap!

I'll get this up on the Top Qs, too.

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Wonderful list!

How about for NC: Blue Ridge Parkway, Old Salem in Winston-Salem, Tryon Palace in New Bern, Edenton

(and will say right out that I have not been to any of these places in the last 25 years...but they used to be favorites!)

Pam

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